Transactions: Care Advantage Acquires National Home Healthcare; SCAN Group Invests In SafeRide Health

Care Advantage Inc. acquires National Home Healthcare in Northern Virginia The Richmond, Virginia-based Care Advantage has acquired National Home Healthcare, which is based in Herndon, Virginia. National Home Healthcare marks the 16th acquisition Care Advantage has made since 2018. It’s the fourth skilled care company under the company’s umbrella, joining All About Care, Paradise Home […]

Pennant Acquires First Call Hospice; Humana Grows CenterWell Footprint

Pennant adds end-of-life care provider The Pennant Group Inc. (PNTG) has acquired the assets of First Call Hospice, an end-of-life care provider that operates in Sacramento, California. Financial terms of the acquisition, effective June 16, were not disclosed. The Eagle, Idaho-based Pennant is the parent organization of a group of affiliated home health, hospice, home […]

Pennant Group Enters New Joint Venture; Prepared Health Rebrands

The Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PNTG) announced that a subsidiary of Cornerstone Healthcare Inc. — its home health and hospice portfolio company — has agreed to form a home health joint venture with San Diego-based Scripps Health, a nonprofit health system. The deal is expected to be finalized in the third quarter of 2020. The […]

Three Ways to Beat the Home Health Labor Shortage

It’s clear the home health and home care industries are facing a labor shortage. What isn’t as clear is what companies can do about it. That’s not to say industry professionals aren’t trying to solve the problem, however. A panel of experts that included Bayada Home Health Care’s chief recruitment officer shared winning recruitment strategies for post-acute providers […]